Yinka Shonibare MBE is a London-born artist who moved to Lagos, Nigeria at a young age. His work runs the artistic gamut--painting, sculpture, photography, film and performance art. The work usually has an eye to the legacy of colonialism and how the colonial past meshes with the globalizing present.

Always clever and always seeking Shonibare's work is, like so many posted here, unmistakable. It has it's own, look feel and aesthetic philosophy. After seeing just a few pieces of the artist's work you will be able to spot his pieces from across a crowded room.